You cannot know HOW STOKED I am when I saw these at the Aritaum store!! I've visited most brand's site just to plan what stuff I want to buy and stuff like that, but I didn't see this palette and I shrieked when I did.

Design-wise, it's so efficient. The eyeshadows were big enough, no spaces are useless. The mirror is big and the applicator is not as shabby. The case is plastic, but it's not a cheapo. I love how it goes with 5 shades, it's more than enough to play with the palette for day or a glam look!

All the product have 5 shades, ranging from highlight, mid/lid shades, and point shades. The shades given is perfect for beginner as the selection is not as broad, plus, the actually pin out which shade is which, and as long as you know where to apply the highlighter and where is your lid area, I guess it's a child play!

Most of the shades have light to medium pigmentation, like every Koreans liking, they don't prefer their shadows to be too pigmented. The shimmers have smoother texture than the mattes :( and I always found that about Aritaum's eyeshadows, the shimmers/glitters are so much better than the mattes.

The shimmers glide so easily and buttery, the pigmentation is easier to build up - but on the other hand, the mattes appear to be blotchy and kinda hard to build up or blend.

#2 Fatal Burgundy

#2 Fatal Burgundy is filled with burgundy-ish, khaki, fall appropriate shades. All shades in the Fatal Burgundy palette is shimmers and glitters.

#4 Gray Brown

#4 Gray Brown is as the name suggest, filled with 4 matte eyeshadows and 1 glitter shadow ("Rainy"), and all neutral shades and cool tones. Really remind me of those small Naked palette from UD, and only a faction of the price really. The first 2 shades isn't really coming out in the picture lol but you'll see that it's still there.

These eyeshadows are great for those who just starting out, they have 4 shades you can choose and most of the shades are neutral. They're super great for travelling since it's small, light and the mirror is more than enough! If you do prefer your eyeshadow to be light in pigmentation, just-buy-this.

Do I love it? DO I LOVE IT? I guess you know the answer already, I'm crazy about the palette, and one regrets is WHY DID I NOT BUY EVERY SHADES FROM THESE LINE.

Above all of the goodness, the price is just so great. KRW 10.000 or around USD 10 per palette? That's crazy. Aritaum is famous for their mono eyes eyeshadow, so I trust their quality and definitely they did not disappoint me.

If you do purchase these eyeshadow palettes (or Aritaum's eyeshadow in general), let me recommend you their glitters or shimmers because they perform so much better than the mattes.

Thankyou so much for reading! Don't forget I have an ongoing giveaway HERE

3/21/16

I was really excited when they first launched this line, and honestly the primer is the one that I look forward the most! The primer said that it'll make your makeup stay without any melt down. The bottle is matte and you have to shake the bottle before using it.

The primer had SPF 44 PA++ - and you only need a blob of these to get cover the area in your face that's tend to melt down during the day. They're watery and easy to blend. The primer's not only mattify the face, but also brightening the face - which, I don't need it.

So, the big question, does it make my foundation/face product last longer without the primer ; yes. But do they keep the oil in control : no. The primer makes my face product stays little longer, but it didn't control my oil. And one thing that I super hate is that when I use the primer is it makes my face feel thick - even when I use something as light as cushion BB, it still makes my face feels so, so think, seems like I wear so much makeup! :( even though I don't.

One thing again, I don't really like how white it makes my face looks like. That means, I can't use this primer alone - I prefer a primer that I can use alone, means I don't need layering of any face product but it's enough to control my sebums.

Overall, I don't like this primer. It had more negatives than the positive sides. Out of all 3 products from Aritaum's All Day line, this one is the most disappointing and I can't recommend! :(

3/18/16

Hi guys!! So, last month I got a chance to go to Japan and Korea and here's a haul to makeup / beauty related stuffs I got when I'm there! I'm not here to brag or what, personally I love reading / watching haul related posts and videos, so if you're too, stay around!

After the haul, there's a little giveaway and I'm doing a blog sale! :)

Osulloc Natural Green Cleansing Foam

Aritaum Pooyan Lip Eye Remover

Etude House Fresh Me Up Eau de Perfume (Smells like soap!!)

Innisfree Kale Anti-Oxidant Cream

Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence SPF 50+ PA+++

Lush Tea Tree Water

Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum

The Face Shop Oil Control Water Cushion V203 Natural Beige

The Face Shop CC Cushion Intense Cover V203

A'Pieu Air Fit Cushion Doraemon #23

Missha M Magic Cushion #23

Moonshot Flawless Powder Fixer 202

Lancome Mat Miracle 24H O-02

The Saem Tip Concealer #1 (I bought the lightest shade for under eyes)

Bought this palette while ago from joancorner.com - I was going to use this for my makeup client, but turns out it's not what I expect to be.

Sure it was affordable, and there's a lot of shades that will match a lot of skin tones. But the first row, the lighter row is kinda patchy when applied, the bottom row is much better for the formulation. I was gonna use the bottom row for contour but it turns out that the shades are not as dark and quite reddish/yellowy too - not ideal for contour :(

The foundation/concealer wears out pretty quickly during the day. But then, I found out that this palette is good for quick touch up! Since I usually mix foundations for clients, sometimes I'm short on time to mix another foundation - so I use this palette :)

The coverage power is not that good, maybe that's why it's good for touch up since it didn't cake up when layered.

3/11/16

Honestly when I saw this product I shrieked a little since it was so pretty. Anyhoo I got this long before I got to go to Korea, you can say that this is a #throwback post lol since I was so lazy in 2015. I'm trying to keep up here so wish me luck.

So the packaging, design-wish, love it. Function-wise? Not so much. Unlike the eyeshadow palette, which has totally the same design, just different glass plastic design, I wouldn't miss any mirror or the applicator (which both has none) - but for lipstick, without mirror and no applicator? Blah.

The product itself was totally out-of-this-world. When I first swatch it, it's so creamy and glossy - so I thought Ok this won't be a lip"stick" palette - it'll be this another lip"gloss" palette. But ohmagerd I was so shocked because the lip palette is so pigmented!

All the 4 shades have glossy finish. And when you thought lip products with glossy finish aren't long lasting, they're actually stays put ok (even during meals) without leaving stains on the lips.

#1 is the most sheer and glossy out of the pack. The color payoff is similar to #3, but it's glossier and less pigmented.

#2 is the one that confuses me out, I questioned it's existence in this palette, why would an orange shade be in a #gossip red lip palette.

#3 it's pink coral, more to orange kinda coral than pink.

#4 it's the only red in the palette - why would you name it #gossip red, not #gossip orange.

Ok, back again to the product, it's super great, but I don't expect for the palette to be this corally orange when the name is #gossip red

What I love : The pigmentation, the lasting power (Yes, they stay through meals!), the not-over-the-top gloss

What I don't love : The shades that are too orangey, not too affordable price tag, no mirror and applicator. I found myself not reaching this product as much because it's pretty inconvenient.

Overall, I love it the formulation, not so much on the design :) it's definitely a surprise for me because it's much better than I expect. I would probably opt for another shades tho since I'm not so much into orangey shade in my lips :(